Cornwall Furnace · Photo: Thomson200 · CC0Reported crime per resident in Cedar Bluff fell 87% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Cedar Bluff grades B− for safety: close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AL” is every other Alabama city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Cedar Bluff
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cedar Bluff’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Cedar Bluff’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alabama.
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| Year | Cedar Bluff property | Rest of Alabama property | Cedar Bluff violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.8 | 24.8 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 19.0 | 22.2 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 21.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Cedar Bluff’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Cedar Bluff | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
5 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 4 property, as reported to the FBI by Cedar Bluff’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Cedar Bluff’s roads in 2019–2023
Cedar Bluff had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for Alabama towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (11.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cedar Bluff’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cedar Bluff’s own rate (36.8) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Cedar Bluff and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff | B− | 1.9 | 9.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff | B− | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| Creola | B | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Harpersville | B− | 1.9 | 11.2 |
| Stevenson | C− | 4.4 | 15.5 |
| Dauphin Island | C− | 1.6 | 28.7 |
| Ashland | D | 8.1 | 18.0 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Cedar Bluff’s population (1,948), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Cedar Bluff. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cedar Bluff’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,957 in 2025); our figure for Cedar Bluff is 1,948 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Cedar Bluff
Is Cedar Bluff, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cedar Bluff reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Cedar Bluff?
1.9 violent and 9.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Cedar Bluff?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Cedar Bluff?
Cedar Bluff’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cedar Bluff”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.